【正文】 有人打電話叫來消防隊(duì)，兩位消防隊(duì)員使用了一種特殊的潤滑劑才使喬治得以解脫。對(duì)大部分孩子來說，用 50 便士來買一大塊好的巧克力，是算不了什么的。如果交款不及時(shí) ,歹徒們就會(huì)很快搗毀他的商店 ,讓他破產(chǎn) .榨取 保護(hù)金 并不是一種現(xiàn)代的罪惡行徑 .早在 14 世紀(jì) ,英國人約翰 .霍克伍德就有過非凡的發(fā)現(xiàn) :人們情愿拿出大筆的錢 ,也不愿畢生的心血?dú)в诖跬街?. 600 年前 ,約翰 .霍克伍德爵士帶著一隊(duì)士兵來到意大利 ,在佛羅倫薩附近駐扎下來 ,很快就出了名 .意大利人叫他喬凡尼 .阿庫托 .每次意大利各城邦之間打伏 ,霍克伍德把他的士兵雇傭給愿給他出高價(jià)的君主。理查茲夫人朝他走去，只見他 “砰 ”的一聲關(guān)上門逃走了。她知道來了一定面包師。s only me39。然后在加勒比海上劃 行了幾英里，到了一座珊瑚島上。在那里，生活簡單又美好。 ” “你就聞一聞吧！ ”我催促說。 那位官員十分仔細(xì)地把箱子檢查了一遍。但是，當(dāng)你通過綠色通道，沒有任何東西需要申報(bào)時(shí)，他們?nèi)钥梢詳r住你。 It39。Perfume, eh?39。 he asked, looking me in the eye. 39。 “泰坦尼克 ”這個(gè)彎拐得及時(shí)，緊貼著高出海面 100英尺的巨大的冰墻擦過去。卻使用現(xiàn)代標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來衡量， 45,000 噸的 “泰坦尼克 ”號(hào)與算得上一艘巨輪了。 “貓就像訓(xùn)練有素的跳傘隊(duì)員， ” 一位醫(yī)生說。在它們的一生中，大多數(shù)貓都對(duì)人存有戒心。冬天常來修道院參觀的只有一批批滑雪者。但每年還要派狗到雪山地里去幫助那些遇到困難的旅游者，盡管修通了隧道，但仍有一些人想冒險(xiǎn)徒步跨越圣伯納德山口。 “只要有東西可供識(shí)別，我們會(huì)把錢還給人家的， ”銀行的一位女發(fā)言人說。 最近的一個(gè)案例與簡 .巴特林有關(guān)，她的未婚夫約翰擁有一家生意興隆家具店。 Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies Children often have far more sense than their elders. This simple truth was demonstrated rather dramatically during a civil defence exercise in a small town in Canada. Most of the inhabitants were asked to take part in the exercise during which they had to pretend that their city had been bombed. Airraid warnings were sounded and thousands of people went into special airraid shelters. Doctors and nurses remained above ground while Police patrolled the streets in case anyone tried to leave the shelters too soon. The police did not have much to do because the citizens took the exercise seriously. They stayed underground for twenty minutes and waited for the siren to sound again. On leaving the airraid shelters, they saw that doctors and nurses were busy. A great many people had volunteered to act as casualties. Theatrical makeup and artificial blood had been used to make the injuries look realistic. A lot of People were lying 39。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。s. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds. 皮卡迪利大街附近的一條著名拱廊街道上，幾家高檔商店剛剛開始營業(yè)。但記者還是沒有回復(fù)。s palace. 報(bào)刊雜志的編輯常常為了向讀者提供成立一些關(guān)緊要的事實(shí)和統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字而走向極端。不過他覺得，地位升高了，損失點(diǎn)兒錢也值得。而這常常會(huì)引起種種奇怪的現(xiàn)象，在埃爾斯米爾公司當(dāng)清潔工的艾爾弗雷德 .布洛斯就是一個(gè)例子。 for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of being white collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation. When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls ( ) and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret. Alf39。她的腦袋一定是在古希臘羅馬時(shí)代就為人所發(fā)現(xiàn)，并受到精心的保護(hù)。一個(gè)美國考古隊(duì)在阿伊亞 .依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座廟宇。 ” “你確實(shí)使我大吃了一驚！ ”牧師說， “也許同時(shí)你把村里所有的人都吵醒了。 一天夜里，我們的牧師突然被驚醒了，大鐘又在 “打點(diǎn) ”報(bào)時(shí)了！他一看表，才 1點(diǎn)鐘，可是那鐘一邊敲了 13 下才停。ll get used to that Bill,39。 answered Bill. 39。You certainly did give me a surprise!39。Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?39。無論它走哪兒，一路上總會(huì)留下一串死鹿及死兔子之類的小動(dòng)物，在許多地方看見爪印，灌木叢中發(fā)現(xiàn)了粘在上面的美洲獅毛。catlike noises39。 at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it e from ? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside. 美洲獅是一種體形似貓的大動(dòng)物，產(chǎn)于美洲。有人抱怨說夜里聽見 “像貓一樣的叫聲 ”；一位商人去釣魚，看見那只美洲獅在樹上。 asked the vicar in surprise. 39。 said the vicar. 39。It39。 said the vicar. 39。牧師拿著一支電筒走上鐘樓想去看看究竟發(fā)生了什么事情。不過，鐘又能報(bào)時(shí)了，我還是很高興的。這座古城肯定一度很繁榮，因?yàn)樗碛懈叨鹊奈拿?，房子一般?3層樓高，用石塊修建。卻使在當(dāng)時(shí)，它也屬歷史悠久的珍奇之物。s wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 39。 艾爾弗結(jié)婚時(shí)，感到非常難為情，而沒有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。從此，艾爾弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。去年，一位記者受一家有名的雜志的委托寫一篇關(guān)于非洲某個(gè)新成立共和國總統(tǒng)府的文章。編輯無奈，勉強(qiáng)按原樣發(fā)稿了。在早晨的這個(gè)時(shí)候，拱廊街上幾乎空無一人。這開始發(fā)生時(shí)，泰勒先生正在樓上。dead39。有一天約翰的生意很好，他把一只裝有 3,000 英鎊的錢包放進(jìn)微波爐內(nèi)保存。 “去年，我們對(duì) 21， 000 起索賠要求支付了 150萬英鎊。 夏天的幾個(gè)月里，修道院十分忙碌，因?yàn)橛谐汕先f的人駕車通過山口，順道來修道院參觀。他們?cè)谑フQ節(jié)或復(fù)活節(jié)到那兒去。最使我們感興趣的一件事情就是一種通俗的信念 ——貓有九條命?？雌饋?，貓跌落的距離越長，它們就越不會(huì)傷害自己。當(dāng)時(shí)，這艘輪船不僅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，而且也被認(rèn)為是不會(huì)沉沒的。突然，從船艙下部傳來一聲微顫音，船長走下船艙去查看究竟。No,39。 he asked sarcastically. 39。s hairoil.39。甚至是最誠實(shí)的人也常弄得覺得有罪似的，而老練的職業(yè)走私犯卻使手提箱里藏著 500只金表，卻也處之泰然。所有細(xì)心包裝好的東西一會(huì)兒工夫 就亂成一團(tuán)。 海關(guān)官員擰開瓶蓋，把瓶子放到鼻子底下。成熟的水果從樹上掉下來，人們根本無需勞動(dòng)。島上幾乎沒有一顆樹，也沒有淡水，但這不算什么問題。, but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him. 理查茲夫人等丈夫上班走后，把孩子送去上學(xué)， 然后來到樓上自己的臥室。她曾告訴過面包師，如果她不去開門，他可直接進(jìn)門，把面包放在廚房的桌上。 Lesson14 A noble gangster There was a time when the owners of shop and businesses in Chicago had to pay large s